WHY SHOULD A NATION-STATE RATIFY UN HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS
& HOW DOES THIS PROCESS ENHANCE DEMOCRACRY & GOOD GOVERNANCE
Date: April 16, 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 8.00pm to 10pm (coffee served)
Venue: Meeting Room at DIGNITY INTERNATIONAL, A-2-7 Pusat Perdagangan Seksyen 8, Jalan Sg Jernih 8/1, 46050 Petaling Jaya. T/F: +603 7931 0741
Guest Speaker: Dr Lin Mui Kian (Former UN Coordination Specialist for Malaysia & Proham Hon member
Word of welcome & Proham position on ratification : Tan Sri Simon Sipaun (Proham Chairman)
Dialogue moderated by Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria (Proham Secretary-General)
Dr Lin Mui Kiang was the former United Nations Coordination Specialist for Malaysia. She supported the UN Country Team in policy and strategic planning and joint programmes. She has played a key role in human rights matters.
Prior to her work with the UN, she worked for the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC and specialized in needs assessment, identifying, designing and transferring best development practices in Asia and Latin American countries.
She is the founder of Worldview Foundation, which specializes in media and education for sustainable development. She has won international awards for her work.
She also has vast experience in development planning, having served for ten years in the Planning & Development Division of the Ministry of Agriculture; and twelve years in the Economic Planning Unit, Prime Ministers Department, Malaysia, working in Agriculture, Infrastructure, Regional Development, and Environment and Sustainable Development sectors.
She has represented Malaysia in many international forums in forwarding development agenda in various fields.
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